Paralomis histrix

Paralomis histrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Lithodidae
Genus:	Paralomis
Species:	P. histrix
Binomial name
	Paralomis histrix; (De Haan, 1844)
Synonyms
	Paralomis hystrix; Lithodes histrix

Paralomis histrix is a species of king crab which lives at a depth of 180–400 m (590–1,310 ft) in Tokyo Bay, and through to Kyūshū. It has few predators because of its size and spiky carapace.^[2] It is sometimes kept in public aquariums and is occasionally referred to as the porcupine crab,^[3] a name otherwise used for Neolithodes grimaldii.

References[]

^ de Haan, Wilhem (1850). von Siebold, Philipp Franz (ed.). Crustacea. Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit (in Latin). pp. 218–219.
^ Motoo Hiroshi & Toyota Koji (2006). "左右が逆転したイガグリガニ" [A case of reversed asymmetry in a lithodid crab, Paralomis hystrix]. Cancer (Tokyo) (in Japanese). 15: 25–27. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
^ "Porcupine crab". Georgia Aquarium. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Paralomis histrix at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Paralomis histrix at Wikispecies

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[1] Haan, Wilhem (1850). von Siebold, Philipp Franz (ed.). Crustacea. Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit (in Latin). pp. 218–219.

[sciencelinks-2] Motoo Hiroshi & Toyota Koji (2006). "左右が逆転したイガグリガニ" [A case of reversed asymmetry in a lithodid crab, Paralomis hystrix]. Cancer (Tokyo) (in Japanese). 15: 25–27. Retrieved 2015-10-24.

[3] "Porcupine crab". Georgia Aquarium. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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